Gumm Share “Free” From Upcoming “Slogan Machine” Album

Chattanooga, TN’s Gumm recently announced that their debut album, Slogan Machine, is due out on May 19th from Convulse Records, and the upstarts have now shared the record’s ferocious second single, Free. Gumm traffic in a highly engaging blend of unhinged punk, inventive post-hardcore, and full on hardcore stomp that’s sure to perk the ears of any fan of aggressive music. Free follows lead single Slogan Machine and offers another taste of Gumm‘s dynamic sound.

“This song is more or less about recognizing the parts of my upbringing that were harmful. I’ve had to unlearn a lot of the things that I was indoctrinated with early in life, to the bewilderment of friends and family who still feel content living within the limits of those specific moral, artistic, spiritual boundaries. I broke free, and am still breaking free, from the ideas and beliefs that were thrust upon me at a young age and were used to keep me subservient for many years. I’m breaking free from certainty – the ‘only one truth’ mentality; I’m breaking free from systems and schools of thought that prey on people’s fears in order to keep them ignorant and controlled; I’m breaking free from any voice that tries to limit or belittle my creativity and personal growth. For years I was on track to live a very muted, “safe” version of the life I truly wanted for myself, because of the circles I was in. I’m breaking free from those and I think everyone should.” (Drew Waldon)